What Should I Know About My Variety Of Corn (Part 1)?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Marshall’s Honeydew’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Mirai 302BC’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Lapwing’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Sundance’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Northern Extra Sweet’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Double Standard’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Serendipity Hybrid’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Dynasty’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Incredible’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Honey Select Hybrid’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Brocade F1’?

This extra-tender variety produces medium-sized, sturdy plants, bearing strong foliage, and medium-sized, well-filled cobs of good texture and flavor. They mature in the mid-to-late season period. Suitable for cooler regions and all good garden soils.

Also referred to as ‘Mirai Bicolor M302’, this hybrid supersweet variety has an unusual mixture of white and yellow kernels. It has good sweetness, tenderness, and flavor. Plants are tall and vigorous, so are not best-suited to windy locations.

This heavy-cropping, tendersweet type bears very sweet and tender, bright-yellow kernels in large, elongated, well-filled cobs. The fruits mature early to midseason. Plants are robust and have a good tolerance to a wide range of growing conditions.

This standard-type variety matures early and is well-suited to cooler regions and to areas where the growing season is short. The long cobs have a sweet flavor, good texture, and are filled with cream-colored kernels. Plants are short but have a sturdy constitution.

This exceptionally early-maturing, supersweet type is also called ‘Northern Xtra Sweet’. It bears long cobs with large, flavorful kernels, and is excellent for cool locations, and early crops in warm regions. It is of medium height, so is suited to exposed sites.

Strong germination in cool soil makes this corn ideal for northern gardens. At 5 ft (1.5 m), ‘Double Standard’ is fairly compact, and its ears ripen over several weeks rather than at once. Seeds can be saved and planted; white kernels produce all-white ears.

A mid-season hybrid, this variety is well-suited to cultivation in regions with hot summers. The white and yellow kernels are carried in large heads and combine the sugary sweetness of supersweets with the succulent texture of sugar-enhanced types.

This tall, supersweet variety produces sturdy growth, strong foliage, and long, large, well-filled cobs that have both a good texture and a good flavor. ‘Dynasty’ matures in the mid-to-late season period, thus making it suitable for cooler regions.

This sugar-enhanced, midseason variety can produce heavy crops when grown in a wide range of conditions. The cobs are large and sweet, although less so than the supersweets. It is well-suited to sowing in colder regions since it will tolerate cool soils.

This midseason hybrid combines the sugary sweetness and full flavor of supersweets with the tender crunchiness of sugar-enhanced corn. Cobs have yellow grains and are outstandingly sweet and tender. This variety is best suited to hot regions.

This midseason, sugar-enhanced ‘F1’ variety produces long, heavy cobs full of tender, sweet, and flavorful kernels. Plants are tall and vigorous, and grow best in warmer regions, where their disease tolerance comes in especially useful.

‘Luscious F1’ hybrid, sugar-enhanced corn produces heavy, very sweet, and tender heads, filled with yellow and white kernels. Plants are tall and vigorous and suit regions with hot summers; they tolerate the leaf diseases often found in these areas.